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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Engineering Manager, Core Platform - **Company:** Vanta Incorporated - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $224,000.0 - $263,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Data Infrastructure, Data Stores, MongoDB, Event Driven Architecture, AWS Fargate - **Published:** May 29, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=e0760acd94301f2a ## About the Role Do you have experience in Scalable systems?, * 5+ years managing platform or infrastructure teams at high-growth tech companies * Prior experience managing multiple teams or multiple charters * Strong decision maker who effectively balances ambiguity, available data, speed, and quality * Track record of maintaining and scaling shared infrastructure in measurable, concrete ways * Have participated in developing or driving engineering-wide initiatives (recruiting processes, career frameworks, etc) in a prior role * Have prior experience managing complex, long-term projects that touch multiple teams and cross-functional stakeholders * Effective communicator and story-teller. Able to influence cross functional stakeholders and adjacent teams, and comfortable driving technical direction across teams without relying on direct authority * Open to using AI to amplify their skills and strengthen their work - demonstrating curiosity, a willingness to learn, and sound judgment in applying AI responsibly to improve efficiency and impact. ## Description As the Engineering Manager, Core Platform at Vanta, you'll own the foundational infrastructure that every engineer builds on, ensuring it scales with company growth while remaining fast, simple, and reliable. This team's ownership spans shared services infrastructure, observability and monitoring, datastore management, and async work systems. Our Engineering Managers develop and grow high-performing teams that deliver significant value to our customers and enable our business to scale. This role sits at the intersection of technical architecture and team development, with real authority to set direction and grow a world-class platform team. Visit our Vanta Engineering Blog to learn more about what our team is working on! What you'll do as an Engineering Manager at Vanta: * Lead and grow high-performing platform engineering teams that deliver reliable, scalable infrastructure and operational excellence for Vanta's products and customers * Set technical direction and drive multi-quarter platform initiatives spanning infrastructure reliability, security, scalability, and developer experience across shared systems and services * Partner closely with product engineering, security, and engineering leadership to identify organizational needs. Translate ambiguous infrastructure challenges into clear roadmap priorities, and deliver scalable platform solutions * Design and evolve internal platforms, paved roads, and abstractions that enable product teams to ship independently, securely, and efficiently without deep infrastructure expertise * Guide the evolution of Vanta's cloud and data infrastructure, including AWS services (ECS, Fargate), MongoDB performance and optimization, and event-driven architecture * Establish strong engineering culture, operational standards, and ownership practices that empower teams across Vanta to build and operate healthy systems responsibly ## Related Videos - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) - [The Road to MLOps: How Verivox Transitioned to AWS](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1050-the-road-to-mlops-how-verivox-transitioned-to-aws) - [Fault Tolerance and Consistency at Scale: Harnessing the Power of Distributed SQL Databases](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1520-fault-tolerance-and-consistency-at-scale-harnessing-the-power-of-distributed-sql-databases) - [40 Minutes to Build a Serverless COVID-19 REST and GraphQL APIs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/208-40-minutes-to-build-a-serverless-covid-19-rest-and-graphql-apis) - [Serverless landscape beyond functions](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/491-serverless-landscape-beyond-functions) - [Giving the individual control of their data: Open Source Decentralized Web Nodes](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1100-giving-the-individual-control-of-their-data-open-source-decentralized-web-nodes) ## Related Articles - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [Best US AI Conferences for CTOs in 2026: Build vs. Buy, Vendor Evaluation, and Peer Intelligence](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/736-best-us-ai-conferences-for-ctos-in-2026-build-vs-buy-vendor-evaluation-and-peer-intelligence) - [What is Software Engineering in the Age of AI?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/640-what-is-software-engineering-in-the-age-of-ai) - [Stephan Gillich - Bringing AI Everywhere](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/489-stephan-gillich-bringing-ai-everywhere) - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [Coffee with Developers - Maria Apazoglou - Making AI understandable for all in production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/475-coffee-with-developers-maria-apazoglou-making-ai-understandable-for-all-in-production)